id: 112858 accession number: 1931.451 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.451 updated: 2025-09-09 11:31:22.629000 Shri Raga, from a Ragamala, c. 1695. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Gum tempera and gold on paper; image: 34.4 x 22.5 cm (13 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.); overall: 38 x 25 cm (14 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1931.451 title: Shri Raga, from a Ragamala title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1695 creation date earliest: 1690 creation date latest: 1700 current location: creditline: Edward L. Whittemore Fund copyright: --- culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar technique: Gum tempera and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Image: 34.4 x 22.5 cm (13 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.); Overall: 38 x 25 cm (14 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: [[verso]] Shri Ragini translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00 The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941). title: Exhibition of the Month: Music in Art opening date: 1945-10-02T05:00:00 Exhibition of the Month: Music in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2, 1945-February 4, 1946). title: Exhibition of the Month: Jewelry of India opening date: 1947-04-01T05:00:00 Exhibition of the Month: Jewelry of India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1-June 2, 1947). title: India's Art opening date: 1949-12-02T05:00:00 India's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 2, 1949-January 22, 1950). title: Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music opening date: 1996-09-24T04:00:00 Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996). title: Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2017 opening date: 2017-04-10T04:00:00 Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 10-November 6, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Rajput Painting. Asia House, New York, NY (December 3, 1960-January 22, 1961).', 'opening_date': '1960-12-03T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Main gallery rotation (gallery 245). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 2, 2015-April 4, 2016).', 'opening_date': '2015-11-02T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877–1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–1931 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1931– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS id: 314443 A Royal Woman in a Pavilion: Desavarari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala, c. 1695. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Gum tempera, ink, silver, and gold on paper; page: 38.1 x 28.9 cm (15 x 11 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.138 relationship: id: 314444 A Heroine and Her Paramour: Malavi Ragini, from a Ragamala, c. 1695. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 37.5 x 29.2 cm (14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.139 relationship: --- CITATIONS Hollis, Howard C. "An Early Rajput Painting." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 20, no. 6 (June 1933): 96–98. page number: Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned: pp. 96–98 url: jstor.org/stable/25137557 Lee, Sherman. "The Decorative and the Super-Real: Two Rajasthani Miniatures." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 44, no. 8 (October 1957): 180-183. page number: Mentioned: p. 181 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142231 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 768 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n138 Lee, Sherman E., and George Montgomery, ed. Rajput Painting. New York: Asia House, 1960. page number: cat. no. 17A url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 238 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n262 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 238 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n262 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 306 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n326 Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 91 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.451/1931.451_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.451/1931.451_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.451/1931.451_full.tif